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[Bill Rosen (razpootin]

Hello All,
To me, the move to change the "formula" to 1.6 turbos, seems a bit ridiculous.  If anyone believe it represents economizing, you must not be thinking that the engine designers/builders are going to produce uber-euro exquisite masterpieces of engineering that also burn nearly as much fuel and I think you might be wrong. 

The incessant revision of engine specs, is costing more money than any single set of general engine regulations that could have been adhered to and evolved over the years. IMHO, The process of engineering/development of the new designs will be nearly as costly as any other engine used, + to make the same horsepower, you have to burn the same amount of fuel, only with the turbo, it is packed in under additional pressure, rather than with a vacuum provided by scavenging and the piston drawing it in. The fuel economy of a turbo, comes in to play, in times when you are not playing with the throttle. That isn't a lot of time in an F1 car. 

As I see it, part of their private thoughts concerning the new reg might be, that putting turbos on engines acts like a muffler, if you don't remember.  So they put mufflers on the race cars, without publicly putting mufflers on them. Quite PC.

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Best regards,
Bill